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REGISTERED VESSEL BRAVEHEART, USED DURING THE 2002 MICROLITE DXPEDITION TO
SOUTH GEORGIA VP8GEO AND SOUTH SANDWICH VP8THU, WILL AGAIN BE SUPPORTING
THE GROUP FOR THEIR ENTIRE 30 DAY JOURNEY. THIS DXPEDITION IS FUNDED
ENTIRELY BY THE 12 TEAM MEMBERS AND A GENEROUS AND EXCLUSIVE GRANT BY THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION, SAID JAMES BROOKS, 9V1YC, DXPEDITION
TEAM LEADER. THERE ARE NO OTHER CLUB, FOUNDATION, INDIVIDUAL, MANUFACTURER
OR QSL SPONSORS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS
DXPEDITION WILL BE RELEASED THROUGH THE DX BULLETINS. KERGUELEN ISLAND THE
KERGUELEN ISLANDS CONSIST OF ONE MAIN ISLAND KERGUELEN, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN
AS DESOLATION ISLAND, ALONG WITH ABOUT 300 OTHER ISLETS. KING LOUIS XV OF
FRANCE COMMISSIONED YVES JOSEPH DE KERGUELEN TREMAREC, A FRENCH NAVIGATOR,
TO FIND A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE COLONY FOR FRANCE. KERGUELEN DEPARTED
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1805 2 45 6,870 EMA Smith Chart ARS K4OO 1858 2 13 6,784 VA W/K ARC of
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